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IKI Small Grants launches 4th International Call for Proposals

From 30 November 2022 to 15 March 2023, small organisations are invited to apply for funding of climate and biodiversity projects.The call for proposals is addressed to small regional, national…

Improve your project concept: IKI Small Grants webinar on results-based project management

Are you an organisation that has been selected for funding by IKI Small Grants? Are you interested in the current international standards for the results chain logic model? If you want to know h…

25 new project selected

The IKI Small Grants Programme has selected 25 climate and biodiversity projects in its third international call for proposals. Each project will receive between 60,00 and 200,000 euros of fundi…

Great interest in IKI Small Grants 3rd Call for Proposals

The 3rd Call for Proposals by IKI Small Grants closed on 15 April 2022 with an enormous participation of 475 project entries. More than 450 organisations from 80 different countries worl…

Sharing is caring: Webinar on Knowledge Platforms

Sharing and acknowledging solutions in the fight against global climate change and biodiversity loss is a crucial step in promoting and sustaining the work of organisations. Knowledge platforms…

IKI Small Grants funding institutions – 1st call for proposal in Benin

Until 30 May 2022, civil society organisations in Benin can apply for funds between 30.000 to 100.000 Euros to realise projects in the field of climate change and biodiversity. The new funding…

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Education for Sustainable Development in Schools

The UN Program Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) proposes a new educational framework focusing on the relationship between human beings and nature as a central component to be used in…

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Strengthening the Capacities of Indigenous Guaraní Communities for the Co-Management of Protected Areas in Bolivia

Bolivia’s Gran Chaco region consists of swamps, salt flats, scrublands, and the largest untouched dry forest on earth. This forest plays an important role in maintaining and regulating the water…

Climate Resilient Community Forestry in Eastern Himalayas

In the Eastern Himalayas region of Nepal, forests are being fragmented by rapidly growing infrastructure, hydropower, and urban expansion. Further, climate change promotes the increasing coverage of…

Nicholas Kodei is a Maasai tribesman and member of a local nomad organisation advocating for sustainable management of livestock and agriculture in and around Mukogodo Forest © IMPACT

Grassroot Communities Taking Action for Resilient Ecosystems in the Mukogodo Forest

With support from IKI Small Grants, local organisation IMPACT successfully strengthened climate resilience in four community lands surrounding Kenya’s Mukogodo Forest in Laikipa County –…

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Powered by the Sun: Climate-Smart Irrigation System in Kajiado County

Kenya’s agriculture sector is 98 per cent rain-fed and therefore highly vulnerable to climate change. Most farmers have opted for irrigation but rely primarily on furrow or basin irrigation, which…

Supporting Climate-Smart Communities in the Cubango-Okavango River Basin

The IKI Small Grants project supports the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) in Botswana, Namibia, and Angola to implement a call for proposals in the mentioned countries that…

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Mexican Youth and Female Leaders for Integrated Landscape Management

The two natural protected areas, Selva El Ocote and Pantanos de Centla biosphere reserves, located in Southern Mexico, are threatened by several effects of climate change. As a result, climate and…

Empowering Female Fish Workers for Participatory Coastal Management in Tanzania

The coastal zones of Tanga and Coast Regions in Tanzania are characterised by mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and coral reefs. Intensified migration to coastal areas and illegal and destructive…

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Managing Ghost Fishing in the Colombian Pacific with a Community-Based Strategy

Rich marine ecosystems are degraded by abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gears in the Tribugá Gulf of Colombia. These gears continue to fish and trap animals and thus kill marine life. Concrete…

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Climate-Smart Agriculture for Ethnic Minorities in Central Viet Nam

A Luoi is one of two mountainous areas of Thừa Thiên-Huế province in Central Vietnam. Given the forest degradation, the barren hills, and steep slopes, the area is vulnerable to climate change with…

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Holistic Management for Recovery of Degraded Soils in Bolivian Grazing Grasslands

In the Bolivian altiplano there are thousands of hectares of degraded grasslands with more than 50 per cent bare soils, mainly caused by poor grazing management. These areas can be rehabilitated to…

The local communities learned to turn the 1,500 tonnes of cleared biomass into over 130 tonnes of compost. © GIZ/Katha

Managing Invasive Species in Community Forests in Nepal

ForestAction Nepal implemented a two-year project, supported by IKI Small Grants, to restore degraded forests and conserve biodiversity in Barandabhar biological forest, a vital native woodland.…

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Nature Based Solutions for Urban Resilience in Colombia

The municipalities, Soacha and La Ceja, are experiencing an accelerated urban growth due to their proximity to two metropolises, Bogotá and Medellín. Moreover, the average temperature and…

A clear lake above which tree branches hang into the picture. In the background is blue sky with clouds.

Recovery of Wetlands in San Miguel del Tigre Colombia

The swamps of the Magdalena River are habitats for many species of birds, fish, and mammals. They regulate the hydrological cycle, control flooding, and form biological corridors. However, they are…

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